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Salt, Henry.
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1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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- A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels... [and] a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix. London, 1814, first edition, 4to, half-title, 35 plates and maps (of 36), some folding, later green half morocco, lacking one map (chart of Annesley Bay), some spotting, spine faded to brown
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Clarke, E.D. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. London, 1816-1818, 8 vol., 8vo, 27 plates and maps, most folding, contemporary calf gilt, some plates browned or spotted, joints splitting, one spine chipped
Melik-Shahnazariants, Tauit Dazdourian. Notices sur l'état actuel de la Perse, en Persan, en Arménien et en Français. Paris, 1818, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and title coloured by hand, contemporary calf gilt, slightly spotted, binding slightly worn
Pellé, C. and L. Galibert. Voyage en Syrie et dans l'Asie Mineure. London and Paris, [c.1840], 3 vol. in one, 4to, engraved additional titles, map and 117 plates after Bartlett, Allom and others (113 called for, lacking one plate in vol.2, p.41, but with 5 extra at end vol.1), contemporary calf-backed boards, lacking one plate, some spotting to plates, binding slightly rubbed
Le Bon, G. La civilisation des arabes. Paris, 1884, large 8vo, 10 chromolithographed plates, plain illustrations, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, binding slightly worn
Lesseps, F. de. Lettres, Journal et documents pour servir a l'histoire du Canal de Suez. Paris, 1875-1881, 5 vol., 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards
Guérin, V. La Terre Sainte (deuxième partie) Liban, Phénicie, Palestine... Egypte. Paris, 1884, folio, engraved additional title and plates, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, slightly rubbed
and 11 others (list available from Book Dept. or on www.sothebys.com), together 29 volumes; sold as a collection, not subject to return
Melik-Shahnazariants, Tauit Dazdourian. Notices sur l'état actuel de la Perse, en Persan, en Arménien et en Français. Paris, 1818, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and title coloured by hand, contemporary calf gilt, slightly spotted, binding slightly worn
Pellé, C. and L. Galibert. Voyage en Syrie et dans l'Asie Mineure. London and Paris, [c.1840], 3 vol. in one, 4to, engraved additional titles, map and 117 plates after Bartlett, Allom and others (113 called for, lacking one plate in vol.2, p.41, but with 5 extra at end vol.1), contemporary calf-backed boards, lacking one plate, some spotting to plates, binding slightly rubbed
Le Bon, G. La civilisation des arabes. Paris, 1884, large 8vo, 10 chromolithographed plates, plain illustrations, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, binding slightly worn
Lesseps, F. de. Lettres, Journal et documents pour servir a l'histoire du Canal de Suez. Paris, 1875-1881, 5 vol., 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards
Guérin, V. La Terre Sainte (deuxième partie) Liban, Phénicie, Palestine... Egypte. Paris, 1884, folio, engraved additional title and plates, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, original wrappers bound in, slightly rubbed
and 11 others (list available from Book Dept. or on www.sothebys.com), together 29 volumes; sold as a collection, not subject to return
Catalogue Note
The other books in this lot are as follows:
Vincent, W. Voyage de Néarque, des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'à l'Euphrate, ou journal de l'expédition de la flotte d'Alexandre. Paris, an 8 [1800], 4to
Stanley, H.M. Dans les ténèbres de l'Afrique. Recherche, délivrance et retraite d'Emin Pacha. Paris, 1890, 2 vol.
Peladan, Sar. La terre du Sphinx. Paris, c.1900; La terre du Christ, c.1901, 2 vol., presentation copies, uniform vellum-backed boards
Alloury, L. Comment s'est fait le canal de Suez, Paris, 1882
Carre, L. L'ancien orient. Paris, 1874-75, 4 vol.
Lallemand, C. D'Alger à Constantinople, Jerusalem-Damas. Paris & Alger, c.1900, spine worn